Tag: Book Signing Events Are Rarely Worth Your Time

New authors often ask me about book signing events. They want to know how to get them set up and what to do. My advice? They are rarely worth your time. While it may sound exciting to sit at a table in Barnes and Noble and enjoy a line of customers eager to purchase your […]

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This week we asked our community on Facebook to answer this question: What strategies have you used to generate book reviews? Here’s what they had to say: Stephanie Chandler: My favorite is to ask Amazon reviewers of competing titles. Who else has some suggestions for us? Sue Lynn Canfield: Include a paragraph at the end […]

This week we asked our community on Facebook to answer this question: What goals are you setting for yourself for the coming year? Here’s what they had to say: Joel D Canfield: I’m slowly working on the book about writing Resistance I’ve been putting off (yes, I see the irony.) While Steven Pressfield calls on […]

This week we asked our community on Facebook to answer this question: For authors who’ve already been published, what would you do differently next time? Here’s what they had to say: David Evans: When I published my first books, I didn’t really have a clear, single message. Also I didn’t have a good venue to […]

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Name: Michael Dane Book Title: Does This Taste Funny? A Half-Baked Look at Food and Foodies Your book’s Amazon purchase link: Amazon What is your book about? Teaching myself to cook at the age of fifty; as I recount my adventures and mishaps in the kitchen, I poke fun at the foodie scene. What inspired […]

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This week we asked our community on Facebook to answer this question: What strategies have you used to generate book reviews? Here’s what they had to say: Stephanie Chandler: My favorite is to ask Amazon reviewers of competing titles. Who else has some suggestions for us? Sue Lynn Canfield: Include a paragraph at the end […]

This week we asked our community on Facebook to answer this question: What goals are you setting for yourself for the coming year? Here’s what they had to say: Joel D Canfield: I’m slowly working on the book about writing Resistance I’ve been putting off (yes, I see the irony.) While Steven Pressfield calls on […]

This week we asked our community on Facebook to answer this question: For authors who’ve already been published, what would you do differently next time? Here’s what they had to say: David Evans: When I published my first books, I didn’t really have a clear, single message. Also I didn’t have a good venue to […]

Lady Luck smiles on writers who play their cards right. These five hearts guarantee you a winning hand: YOU ARE THE ACE: Heartwork: Make reading, writing, and communicating a labor of love. Headwork: Learn about books, writing, publishing, technology, and your field. Goals: Have literary and publishing goals and a plan to achieve them. CONTENT […]

This week we asked our community on Facebook to answer this question: What are some of the biggest challenges you face as an author? Here’s what they had to say: Cheri Fields: Making time without feeling guilty about it. I’m a homeschool mom and there is always something else to do when my brain is functional. […]

We know that social media are great for promotion, increasing visibility, and building up an audience. It works very well both for businesses and individuals – and it could be just as effective for any nonfiction author, who wants to promote their work. Why should nonfiction authors promote on social media? No matter how digitalized […]